Auburn picked up its third commitment for the 2013 recruiting class Sunday as Cypress Lake (Fort Myers, Fla.) athlete Jayron Kearse informed Gene Chizik of his intentions to sign with the Tigers.

The 6-foot-4, 190-pound Kearse, who is being recruited as a wide receiver, chose Auburn over early offers from Clemson, USF, UCF, West Virginia and Boston College, and was receiving heavy interest from Florida, Florida State, Miami and Georgia, among others.

"I talked to Coach Chizik and told him I am going to be a Tiger," said Kearse. "I told him I already knew where I wanted to go to college so I wanted to go ahead and get it out of the way. I knew I wanted to be an Auburn Tiger and I said, 'Why not just go ahead and do it.'...